By: Primate - 9th August 2013 at 15:24
Interesting photos. :eagerness: Miss flying the ASK-13.
By: bazv - 9th August 2013 at 15:03
Thanks very much for posting the pics guys…
I was hoping to make it to Splasham to see these wonderful gliders,but other commitments got in the way unfortunately 🙁
By: Bombgone - 9th August 2013 at 09:23
Bombgone
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Fantastic! Yes including the MK9 Jaguar. The two winches. The bus. And the 2 Vans. I was the clubs MT Mechanic for a while. Oh and running the club bar as well. Great memories thanks for posting.
By: Roborough - 9th August 2013 at 01:41
Lovely pictures. Brings back memories of the RNG&SA at Lee-onSolent in the late 50’s. We also used balloon winches and if I remember correctly we would get our T-21 up to 1200 feet on the launch. One of the members used his Austin A-105 Westminster for car tows off the hard runway.
Happy Days!
Regards
Bill
By: WB981 - 8th August 2013 at 21:40
And now back to Lasham[ATTACH=CONFIG]219650[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]219651[/ATTACH]
By: WB981 - 8th August 2013 at 21:37
Bombgone
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By: Bombgone - 7th August 2013 at 21:13
Don’t know if these are still around but as a member of the Bannerdown gliding club in the good old days of the RAF based at Colerne. I remember the T21. K6. and Bosan. We used Balloon winches and 2 mk9 Jaguars for launching.
By: lotus72 - 7th August 2013 at 21:05
Beautiful stuff!
By: GliderSpit - 7th August 2013 at 20:39
Love these pic’s !
By: G-ASEA - 7th August 2013 at 20:33
Lots of lovely old gliders at Lasham. I had to come home today. Have to get back to work. Our old Grunau Baby 11b and Slingsby Kirby Kite 1 are there. Dad ( Peter Underwood) also came home so he could get on with our prototype Kirby Kite 1. I had a few people try to buy my Kite 1’s off me.
Dave
By: WB981 - 7th August 2013 at 20:06
ETPS had 2 Oly 2B’s in the blue colour scheme (VV400 & VV401). In the photo VV401 is painted to represent the ETPS aircraft whilst VV400 in the rear is the genuine aircraft that has been recently restored and based at Rivar Hill.
The 2 seat primary glider is called a 2G and was built and normally based in Denmark.
By: Arabella-Cox - 6th August 2013 at 23:07
Nice pics, WB981, of some interesting machines.
I have a soft spot for gliders from my aeromodelling days. There’s something about the pure flight element combined with the grace and beauty of many designs.
What’s the story behind the gliders in the third picture in each of your posts?
Anon.
By: WB981 - 6th August 2013 at 22:00
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